官场现形记
guān​chǎng​xiàn​xíng​jì

Officialdom Unmasked

  • created sense approved 官场现形记/官場現形記 · guān​chǎng​xiàn​xíng​jì · Officialdom Unmasked — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    官场现形记 / 官場現形記

    guān​chǎng​xiàn​xíng​jì

    Officialdom Unmasked

    A late Qing Dynasty novel by [[李宝嘉|李寶嘉|li3 bao3 jia1]], published in 1903; it satirizes the corruption and dark side of the bureaucracy in the late nineteenth century and is considered one of the Four Great Exposure Novels of the era.

    官场 (literal) → 官场/官場 · guān​chǎng · officialdom 现形 (literal) → 现形/現形 · xiàn​xíng · to show one's true form 记 (literal) → 记/記 · jì · records

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